My head is kind of like Velcro. In trying to tie various configurations of head scarves, I quickly discovered that the fabric would catch on the minimal hairs poking up from my scalp. As smooth as my head looks post-shave, it feels more like a gentle sandpaper.
Because the sandpapery Velcro-like state of my head, I figured that if I tied a handkerchief around my head first and then placed whatever else on top, adjustments could be made much more easily. Currently I've got a "100% silk" green to blue ombre Gap handkerchief (one that my mother graciously bought for me for $1.00 after noticing a middle-school me eye it longingly at the check-out line) tied underneath a beanie I wear to keep my head warm as I sleep.
Fast forward to the next morning, post brunch and I sit on a stone wall in the shade of a wonderfully warm May day. I woke up this morning to see my hair had visibly grown from when I last saw it, an estimated one millimeter! (probably still shorter than that) Regardless, the silky smoothness of my scalp is slowly becoming a dome of prickliness, the multitude of hairs springing up like a forest landscape composed of only tree trunks and no branches. Soon enough, I'll either have to layer handkerchiefs to keep the Velcro effect at bay or artfully manage the snagging hairs.
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